Making s’mores is, for us, as synonymous with summer as sunshine itself. and while the epitome of a good s’mores night involves toasting marshmallows around the campfire with cousins in northern Michigan, we don’t wait until our trip to get started on our summer s’more memories. We have a s’mores maker that is really fun to pull out for family nights, but we actually made a fire in the fireplace the other night for our s’mores wars. Clarified, I made a fire in the fireplace the other night–Brett thought a fire in the fireplace in June in Florida with a bunch of people in our house was–and I quote–“a little bit ridiculous.” To which I replied, “Moments and memories, Brett.” And no, this isn’t the first time the “A little bit ridiculous” vs. “Moments and memories” discussion has come up in our home.
This year on our Summer Bucket List, we have “Concoct a New Kind of S’more” which started out as “Oh hey, let’s use a Reese’s instead of Hershey’s” and ended, as all the best ideas do, with a party and a plan that has, let’s say, expanded.
So here’s how it goes. You invite some friends over. You spread out every possible thing you could turn into a s’more on a table. Think cooking show and the theme is creative s’mores. The rule is you have to keep one regular element of a s’more, but you can change anything else. So if you have a graham cracker base, you don’t necessarily have to have the marshmallow and the chocolate square. If you use a marshmallow, you can switch out the graham cracker, etc. Each contestant must invent a creative s’more, give it a name and list the ingredients. Contestants can then taste each other’s concoctions, give them a point value from 1-10, and whoever has the most points wins the S’more War and the recipe goes into the Family Hall of Fame S’mores Cookbook. Here’s what we used:
And favorites:
The Berry Bliss…(graham crackers, cool whip, fresh berries)
Lainey’s Monkey Butter Baby… (almond butter, cool whip and chocolate on graham crackers–sooo good!)
And Heidi’s Salty Delight–toasted marshmallow with chocolate in between salty pretzel crips with a fresh raspberry on top. HEAVEN. Other fun concoctions: “The Savage,” “Sweet Explosion” (it had pop rocks) and “The Schlooby Dooby Delight”.
And Nella’s gaze as she looks at a table of sweets? That is the look of love.
But I have to admit, my summer-loving heart still loves a classic s’more best.
We are in Austin, Texas this week cooking up some fun with Ruby’s Rainbow, and I can’t believe how HOT it is! Happy Summering!
S’mores are a camping requirement for us. We sometimes like to smear peanut butter on the graham crackers along with the marshmallow and chocolate. We also like to use chocolate-coated graham crackers or butter cookies and just stick a toasted marshmallow between two cookies for a lazy, messy s’more.
You’ve definitely inspired me to have a S’mores Off this summer!
Welcome to Austin! Hope you enjoy your time here. If you get a chance, you should get up the highway about 15 minutes and try Round Rock Donuts, that’ll rock your world!
My grandpa used to do a vanilla wafer, reeses, marshmallow s’more that’s said to be AMAZING! I haven’t tried it yet but your post has inspired me to do this same idea on a smaller scale 🙂
Ooohhh! This sounds like the MOST FUN party ever! I’m totally doing this. 🙂
Sugar cones are a nice change from crackers. (Wrap it in Tun foil.) We have used all those toppings but you’re just missing diced strawberries and sliced bananas.
Fun! Growing up we used to have winter picnics in our family room and roast hot dogs in our fire place. Now, whenever I need a quick fix s’more craving, I just stick a marshmallow on a fork and roast it on my gas stove!
love. We actually did lazy smores last week–graham crackers dipped in marshmallow fluff and nutella.
But definitely not as good as toasted over flames.
I do that too! My husband looked at me like i was nuts the first time. But now he appreciates a good stove s’more too. 🙂
I’m always playing around with various combos of s’mores! One of my favorites though has to be using 2 chocolate chip cookies instead of graham crackers. Krackel bars are awesome too because you still get that Hershey’s taste, but with a little extra crunch.